The Bhutanese Refugee Essay

enough money to spend, however, not completely satisfy with her profession, however, she told she does not have any regrets feelings after coming to the U.S. She also does not have any social interaction with other communities besides Nepalese, Bhutanese, and some Indians because of the cultural and language variations. The question about the suicidal ideation of the Bhutanese refugee’s she said it varies by the person’s mentality. Some people are doing great and some people are going under mental illness, however, she doesn’t want to blame everything on U.S. Government Policy. Furthermore, she believes that some people had been under depression while they were in Nepal’s refugee camp. And they committed after they arrived in the United States. She has a dream of getting a salon license and having a job in the particular field or be an owner of her own beauty salon. I met Dan when I was drinking coffee in a Nepalese restaurant (Laliguras). He said he is around 45 now and staying with his wife and one kid. He said he was a teenager when his families escaped from Bhutan to Nepal. Dan is living in the Jackson heights 82nd street. Since he was looking open-minded and friendly I was little more comfortable asking questions to him. Hence, I was focusing more on the research puzzle and research question. He told me some interesting things, he said after the arrival in the United States they all get supports such as food stamps, Medicare, cash assistance, and training. However, the cash assistance was never enough to cover all the expenses. He also said, “all of us need to be self-standing within three to eight months and ready to repay the travel loan (where a family with four people owe $5300 for an only one-way ticket). So, after eight months all the refugees …show more content…
I meet Albert nearby Hindu Temple. He is around 50 and staying with his wife and 3 daughters. He was a working as a car mechanic outside the camp in Nepal and his expectation was off getting a similar job in the USA. However, he was not able to get the same type of job in the United States. He said that he felt like none of the owner or manager trusted him even to give a chance of showing his capabilities. He told that now his three daughters have started working, however, he had a very nightmare life in the past after the first arrival in the United States. He said, “I thought a couple of times of doing suicide as well, but his friends gave him a loan to pay off government loan and found a job in a warehouse as helper”. He again said, “language is the most important thing therefore if you don’t know how to speak English in the United States you are vulnerable to discrimination and limited opportunity”. From the face to face interview and sensitive conversations that I conducted with four random Bhutanese refugee’s living in Queens County, New York, it suggests that to begin a new life in the world’s most developed nation like the United States must be a prideful and victorious for the refugees like Bhutanese, who were fleeing from their own country due to the fear of tortures and camp. However, starting over life in a totally new environment and with a zero balance and knowledge is not an easy. Refugees like Bhutanese who have